Wet delay variability calculated from radiometric measurements and its role in space geodetic parameter estimation

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-730

  Jarlemark, Per O J ^a,b   Emardson, T Ragne ^a   Johansson, Jan M ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENT SCALES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; KALMAN FILTERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIOMETERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; ONSALA SPACE OBSERVATORY; PARAMETER CHARACTERIZING; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; GEODETIC ESTIMATES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; WET DELAY;

EID: 0032069214     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS00551     Document Type: Article

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